Parliament's Privileges Committee
What is Parliament’s Privileges Committee, how it works IN THE recently concluded monsoon session of Parliament, Congress’s Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and
AAP’s Raghav Chadha were suspended from the House, pending reports by the Privileges Committee. What are parliamentary privileges? Parliament and its Members (MPs) have certain rights and immunities that enable them to function
effectively in their legislative roles. These are called parliamentary privileges. Parliamentary privileges are, therefore, a mix of provisions in the Constitution, statutes, House procedures and conventions. For example, the Constitution specifies that MPs have freedom of speech and immunity from judicial proceedings against anything they say or votes they cast in Parliament. Also, the Code of Civil Procedure protects them from arrest and detention under civil cases during a
parliamentary session, and for a specified period before it begins and after it ends. How does Parliamentact on breach of privilege? Each...